Anthony M. Bonacolta
@ambonacolta.bsky.social
Postdoctoral fellow in the Keeling Lab @ UBC studying marine protistan symbionts. Previously: del Campo Lab & Coral Reef Futures Lab 🐠🪸🌊🧬 He/Him 🏳️🌈
Trust me I tried… 😂
November 13, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Trust me I tried… 😂
Like this tree looks amazing in person, but so dull here
October 21, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Like this tree looks amazing in person, but so dull here
Microbial outreach at Science World! Thanks Lilith South for organizing 🦠 🔬
October 20, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Microbial outreach at Science World! Thanks Lilith South for organizing 🦠 🔬
“This represents an increase of 64.6%.”
Exciting time to be a postdoc 🙃
Exciting time to be a postdoc 🙃
September 15, 2025 at 3:34 PM
“This represents an increase of 64.6%.”
Exciting time to be a postdoc 🙃
Exciting time to be a postdoc 🙃
Looks like Onix
July 17, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Looks like Onix
June 27, 2025 at 5:48 AM
Anyone at #ICOPKorea, I'll be talking about fireworm corallicolids during OP6 at 16:50 in Room 9B217 (B2, International Hall)! #ProtistsOnSky
June 23, 2025 at 5:40 AM
Anyone at #ICOPKorea, I'll be talking about fireworm corallicolids during OP6 at 16:50 in Room 9B217 (B2, International Hall)! #ProtistsOnSky
Beavers mean it’s officially summer time in Vancouver 🦫 🇨🇦
June 16, 2025 at 5:28 AM
Beavers mean it’s officially summer time in Vancouver 🦫 🇨🇦
Some of the amazing flowers from Butchart Gardens today 🌷 #VictoriaBC
June 15, 2025 at 4:45 AM
Some of the amazing flowers from Butchart Gardens today 🌷 #VictoriaBC
Loving the Vancouver wildlife 🦭 🇨🇦
June 3, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Loving the Vancouver wildlife 🦭 🇨🇦
🙏 Thanks to all co-authors: Tatsuya Unuma, Joana Krause-Massaguer (@joanakrause.bsky.social), and Javier del Campo (@fonamental.bsky.social / @delcampolab.bsky.social)!
May 20, 2025 at 2:35 PM
🙏 Thanks to all co-authors: Tatsuya Unuma, Joana Krause-Massaguer (@joanakrause.bsky.social), and Javier del Campo (@fonamental.bsky.social / @delcampolab.bsky.social)!
𝘈𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘤𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘴 is named for its host (𝘈𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘶𝘴 𝘫𝘢𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘴), while the species epithet 𝘨𝘶𝘥𝘦𝘵𝘢𝘮𝘢 draws from the Japanese pop icon Gudetama, a lazy egg, highlighting the parasite’s link to the ovaries. The name captures both ecological context and cultural ties to Japan 🇯🇵
May 20, 2025 at 2:35 PM
𝘈𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘤𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘴 is named for its host (𝘈𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘶𝘴 𝘫𝘢𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘴), while the species epithet 𝘨𝘶𝘥𝘦𝘵𝘢𝘮𝘢 draws from the Japanese pop icon Gudetama, a lazy egg, highlighting the parasite’s link to the ovaries. The name captures both ecological context and cultural ties to Japan 🇯🇵
🧬 rrn operon phylogeny revealed this parasite to be closely related to apicomplexans of marine fish 🐟 (ichthyocolids) and corals 🪸(corallicolids), while organelle phylogenetics hint at a closer relationship with Eleutheroschizon, an apicomplexan associated with a marine Polychaete 🪱
May 20, 2025 at 2:35 PM
🧬 rrn operon phylogeny revealed this parasite to be closely related to apicomplexans of marine fish 🐟 (ichthyocolids) and corals 🪸(corallicolids), while organelle phylogenetics hint at a closer relationship with Eleutheroschizon, an apicomplexan associated with a marine Polychaete 🪱
Some more crazy Okinawan tidepools! 🪸 🐙
May 17, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Some more crazy Okinawan tidepools! 🪸 🐙
Thanks @filiphusnik.bsky.social for hosting me this past week and inviting me to give a seminar at OIST! An awesome lab in an amazing location 🗾🔬
May 16, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Thanks @filiphusnik.bsky.social for hosting me this past week and inviting me to give a seminar at OIST! An awesome lab in an amazing location 🗾🔬
Unbelievable diving in Akajima, Okinawa 🪸 🐠. These GoPro shots don’t do it too much justice
May 10, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Unbelievable diving in Akajima, Okinawa 🪸 🐠. These GoPro shots don’t do it too much justice
Some more tide pooling in Okinawa. Hairy crab (Pilumnus sp?) having some salad 🦀 🥗 🌖
May 5, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Some more tide pooling in Okinawa. Hairy crab (Pilumnus sp?) having some salad 🦀 🥗 🌖
Found an octopus while tide pooling in Okinawa 🐙
May 2, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Found an octopus while tide pooling in Okinawa 🐙
Fun time exploring Tokyo before heading to Okinawa 🇯🇵
April 30, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Fun time exploring Tokyo before heading to Okinawa 🇯🇵
🌟 Taken together, we suggest fireworms are a reservoir and potential vector for corallicolids, moving parasites between coral hosts via feces 🪱💩🪸. This deepens our understanding of coral reef host-parasite interactions and reveals exciting new corallicolid ecology!
April 28, 2025 at 12:53 PM
🌟 Taken together, we suggest fireworms are a reservoir and potential vector for corallicolids, moving parasites between coral hosts via feces 🪱💩🪸. This deepens our understanding of coral reef host-parasite interactions and reveals exciting new corallicolid ecology!
🧪 To dig deeper, we teamed up with Dr. Candace Grimes, who amplified 16S rRNA genes in fireworms across body compartments back in 2017. With this data we confirmed a high corallicolid apicoplast presence in the gut and feces of worms 🪱💩
April 28, 2025 at 12:53 PM
🧪 To dig deeper, we teamed up with Dr. Candace Grimes, who amplified 16S rRNA genes in fireworms across body compartments back in 2017. With this data we confirmed a high corallicolid apicoplast presence in the gut and feces of worms 🪱💩
🔎 We found corallicolids were abundant in all sampled worms — and distinct from the ones in the corals the worms fed on!
April 28, 2025 at 12:53 PM
🔎 We found corallicolids were abundant in all sampled worms — and distinct from the ones in the corals the worms fed on!
🔥 This exciting discovery started with an interesting observation: corallivourous fireworms feeding along the disease line of a black band diseased Orbicella annularis colony!
The @delcampolab.bsky.social team spotted this while investigating coral diseases in partnership with CARMABI 🧪🏝️
The @delcampolab.bsky.social team spotted this while investigating coral diseases in partnership with CARMABI 🧪🏝️
April 28, 2025 at 12:53 PM
🔥 This exciting discovery started with an interesting observation: corallivourous fireworms feeding along the disease line of a black band diseased Orbicella annularis colony!
The @delcampolab.bsky.social team spotted this while investigating coral diseases in partnership with CARMABI 🧪🏝️
The @delcampolab.bsky.social team spotted this while investigating coral diseases in partnership with CARMABI 🧪🏝️
Great birthday week! 🎂🎉
April 17, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Great birthday week! 🎂🎉
Cherry Blossoms in bloom at UBC 🌸
April 1, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Cherry Blossoms in bloom at UBC 🌸